Society Area

This Area explores the way that human society interacts with the environment. “Coupled human-natural systems” are a primary driver of environmental change, and also a key source of solutions to environmental problems. This Area will build students’ knowledge of the mutually influencing human-environment dynamic.

Area Requirements

AAS 235 - INEQUALITIES IN SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
OR
SOC 235 - INEQUALITIES IN SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
AAS 326 - CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN LIVES Credit(s): 3
OR
ANT 326 - CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN LIVES Credit(s): 3
AAS 328 - GEOGRAPHY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Credit(s): 3
OR
GEO 328 - GEOGRAPHY OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Credit(s): 3
AAS 400 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND AFRICANA STUDIES (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
AAS 471 - RACE, ETHNICITY AND POLITICS Credit(s): 3
OR
PS 471 - RACE, ETHNICITY AND POLITICS Credit(s): 3
ANT 221 - NATIVE PEOPLE OF NORTH AMERICA Credit(s): 3
ANT 245 - FOOD CULTURE AND SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
ANT 251 - GLOBAL HEALTH INEQUALITIES Credit(s): 3
ANT 302 - ETHNOGRAPHIC METHODS: DOING ANTHROPOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ANT 303 - TOPICS IN THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD NUTRITION: (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
ANT 324 - CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN CULTURES Credit(s): 3
ANT 330 - NORTH AMERICAN CULTURES Credit(s): 3
ANT 342 - NORTH AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ANT 352 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
ANT 525 - APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY Credit(s): 3
ANT 534 - SOCIOLOGY OF APPALACHIA Credit(s): 3
OR
CLD 534 - SOCIOLOGY OF APPALACHIA Credit(s): 3
OR
SOC 534 - SOCIOLOGY OF APPALACHIA Credit(s): 3
ANT 536 - GLOBAL APPALACHIA Credit(s): 3
APP 200 - INTRODUCTION TO APPALACHIAN STUDIES Credit(s): 3
ARC 314 - HISTORY AND THEORY III: 20TH CENTURY AND CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE Credit(s): 3
ARC 315 - WORLD ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM Credit(s): 3
CLD 360 - ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
OR
SOC 360 - ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
CLD 380 - GLOBALIZATION: A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE Credit(s): 3
OR
SOC 380 - GLOBALIZATION: A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE Credit(s): 3
CLD 420 - SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNITIES Credit(s): 3
OR
SOC 420 - SOCIOLOGY OF COMMUNITIES Credit(s): 3
CLD 517 - RURAL SOCIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
OR
SOC 517 - RURAL SOCIOLOGY Credit(s): 3
CPH 201 - AN INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH: THEORY AND METHODS Credit(s): 3
ENG 339 - AUTHOR STUDIES: (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
ENS 300 - SPECIAL TOPICS (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
ENS 395 - INDEPENDENT WORK Credit(s): 1 - 4 (Variable)
ENS 399 - INTERNSHIP IN ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY Credit(s): 3
GEO 309 - INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS Credit(s): 3
GEO 323 - MEXICO: ENVIRONMENT, POLITICS & SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
GEO 361 - GIS APPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH Credit(s): 3
GEO 365 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
GEO 372 - HEALTH ENVIRONMENT FUTURES Credit(s): 3
GEO 431 - POLITICAL ECOLOGY Credit(s): 3
FAM 585 - AGING AND ENVIRONMENT Credit(s): 3
OR
GEO 585 - AGING AND ENVIRONMENT Credit(s): 3
OR
GRN 585 - AGING AND ENVIRONMENT Credit(s): 3
GRN 250 - AGING IN TODAY’S WORLD Credit(s): 3
GWS 250 - SOCIAL MOVEMENTS Credit(s): 3
GWS 350 - INTRODUCTION TO FEMINIST THEORIZING Credit(s): 3
GWS 430 - GENDER, POWER AND VIOLENCE Credit(s): 3
HIS 240 - HISTORY OF KENTUCKY Credit(s): 3
LA 205 - HISTORY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Credit(s): 3
PHI 205 - FOOD ETHICS Credit(s): 3
PHI 332 - PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Credit(s): 3
PHI 335 - THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY Credit(s): 3
PS 391 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
SAG 310 - CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON SUSTAINABILITY Credit(s): 3
SOC 302 - SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS Credit(s): 3
SOC 303 - QUANTITATIVE SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS Credit(s): 3
SOC 350 - TOPICS IN SOCIOLOGY (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3
SOC 363 - ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Credit(s): 3
SW 325 - SOCIAL JUSTICE FOUNDATIONS Credit(s): 3
WRD 410 - RHETORIC AND POPULAR CULTURE (SUBTITLE REQUIRED) Credit(s): 3